Acting
Helena Bonham Carter
EN, IT, DE, FR cinema · 125 credits
Born
26 May 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Golders Green, London, England, UK
Also known as Helena Bonham-Carter
Helena Bonham Carter CBE (born May 26, 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, especially period dramas, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal "English rose", a label she was uncomfortable with. She is best known for her eccentric fashion, dark aesthetic, and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The King's Speech (2010), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Hamlet (1990), Howards End (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Fight Club (1999), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), the Harry Potter series (2007–2011) as Bellatrix Lestrange, Great Expectations (2012) as Miss Havisham, Les Misérables (2012), Cinderella (2015), Ocean's 8 (2018), and Enola Holmes (2020). Her collaborations with director Tim Burton, her former domestic partner, include Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) as Mrs. Lovett, Alice in Wonderland (2010) as the Red Queen, and Dark Shadows (2012). For her role as children's author Enid Blyton in the BBC Four biographical film Enid (2009), she won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Her other television films include Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993), Live from Baghdad (2002), Toast (2010), and Burton & Taylor (2013). From 2019 to 2020, she portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown.
Known for
Filmography
The Offing
The Offing
as Dulcie Piper
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
James Ivory: In Search of Love and Beauty
as Self
The Housekeeper
The Housekeeper
as Adelaide
The Land of Sometimes
as Mediocris (voice)
Enola Holmes 3
as Eudoria Holmes
Four Letters of Love
as Margaret Gore
Merchant Ivory
as Self
The Real Nolly
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Wise Horse (voice)
Charles III: The Coronation Year
as Self - Narrator (voice)
One Life
as Babi Winton
Enola Holmes 2
as Eudoria Holmes
The House
as Jen (voice)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Dragonheart: Vengeance
as Siveth (voice)
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
as Red Queen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enola Holmes
as Eudoria Holmes
Clown
as Narrator (voice)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Readings
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
as Narrator (voice)
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
Ocean's Eight
as Rose Weil
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
as Margaret Conroy (voice)
55 Steps
as Eleanor Riese, Executive Producer
Poles Apart
as Nanuk (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
as Narrator (Wild Africa)
Suffragette
as Edith Ellyn
Wild Africa
as Narrator
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
Turks & Caicos
as Margot Tyrell
Salting the Battlefield
as Margot Tyrell
Night Will Fall
as Narrator (voice)
The Lone Ranger
as Red Harrington
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Dr. Clair
Burton and Taylor
as Elizabeth Taylor
Dark Shadows
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Les Misérables
as Madame Thénardier
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Bellatrix Lestrange
The Gruffalo's Child
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
as Iracebeth / Red Queen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Toast
as Mrs Potter
The King's Speech
as Queen Elizabeth
Terminator Salvation
as Serena
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Bellatrix Lestrange
The Gruffalo
as Mother Squirrel (voice)
Enid
as Enid Blyton
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Bellatrix Lestrange
Sixty Six
as Esther Rubens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Mrs. Bucket
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Corpse Bride
as Corpse Bride (voice)
Magnificent 7
as Maggi Jackson
The Heart of Me
as Dinah
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Big Fish
as Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Live from Baghdad
as Ingrid Formanek
Novocaine
as Susan
Football
as Mum
Carnivale
as Milly (voice)
The Theory of Flight
as Jane Hatchard
Fight Club
as Marla Singer
The Revengers' Comedies
as Karen Knightly
The Wings of the Dove
as Kate Croy
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Rosemary
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
Shadow Play
as Ada
Mighty Aphrodite
as Amanda
Margaret's Museum
as Margaret MacNeil
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Elizabeth
Butter
as Dorothy
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
as Marina Oswald
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
as Pandora / Julie
Howards End
as Helen Schlegel
White Bear's Secret
as White Bear (voice)
Where Angels Fear to Tread
as Caroline Abbott
Brown Bear's Wedding
as White Bear (voice)
Hamlet
as Ophelia
Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter
as Beatrix Potter
Francesco
as Chiara
Getting It Right
as Minerva Munday
Arms and the Man
as Raina Petkoff
The Mask
as Iris
A Hazard of Hearts
as Serena Staverley
Maurice
as Young Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
The Vision
as Jo Marriner
Lady Jane
as Lady Jane Grey
A Room with a View
as Lucy Honeychurch
A Pattern of Roses
as Netty (The Past)